Publications Policy |
Open Access Archiving |
 | Whether to Archive: |
* Requires deposition in Open Access archives |
| What to Archive: |
* Peer-reviewed publications
* Publisher's version and/or Author's final version
* Unspecified format |
 | When to Archive: |
* At the earliest possible opportunity
* Acceptable embargo: up to 6 months after publication |
| | Where to Archive: |
* In named repositories...
* PubMed Central (Required)
* Europe PMC (Required) |
| | Archiving Conditions: |
* The Medical Research Council [2006] encourages authors to retain their copyright of their publications |
Open Access Publishing |
| Whether to Publish: |
* Encourages publication in Open Access publications |
| | Where to Publish: |
* as an article with immediate paid-for open access (Optional) |
| | Publishing Conditions: |
* Costs of open access publishing should be included in funding applications |
General |
| | General Conditions: |
* Effective for all new projects from 01-Oct-2006
* The Medical Research Council [2006] encourages compliance for all earlier projects
* Applies to all projects funded totally or partly by the Medical Research Council [2006]
* Applies to all work conducted using the facilities of the Medical Research Council [2006]
* Where author/institutional copyright ownership is not allowed, then authors should publish in journals allowing deposit in PubMed Central with 6 months
* Where neither copyright retention or deposit is allowed, then the MRC may in very exceptional cases grant permission for authors to submit to such a journal
* MRC should be acknowledged as funder, with grant number |
| | Policy Links: |
* General guidance
* Joint RCUK position statement
* Joint RCUK statement on funder acknowledgement
* RIN Guidance on funder acknowledgement |
Data Archiving Policy |
| Whether to Archive: |
* Requires deposition in Open Access archives |
| | What to Archive: |
* Research data
* Specimens and samples
* Associated metadata
* Supporting documentation
* Program code |
| When to Archive: |
* Within a reasonable time after completion of the work |
| | Where to Archive: |
* On the authors' own websites (Preferred)
* In appropriate institutional repositories (Preferred)
* In appropriate disciplinary repositories (Preferred)
* In any appropriate repository (Required) |
| | General Conditions: |
* Effective for all new projects from 01-Jan-2006
* Costs of access provision may be recovered on a not-for-profit basis
* Pre-documented exclusivity periods allowed, on primary and secondary data, in data sharing plans
* Cost recovery, unless for non-academic research (which must be explained how income will be used)
* Details of how costs are to be met must be included in data sharing plans
* Conditions for access must be documented in data sharing plans in proposals, study-specific access statements and data sharing agreements
* Regulatory permission must be sought for personal data in medical research in forms of , ethical, legal and institutional, before data can be shared
* Data sharing agreement must be created
* Any applicants who consider that the data arising from their proposals will not be suitable for sharing must provide clear reasons for not making it available.
* Where possible, published results should include links to the associated data.
* Where possible, published results should include links to the associated data. |
| | Policy Links: |
* Data Sharing Statement
* AC31 Data Sharing |
